Paula Cristina Zimbrean, MD
Psychiatry Physician · New Haven, CT
Paula Cristina Zimbrean, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in New Haven, Connecticut, and NPI 1477542249, issued on Oct 14, 2005. Check the license (Connecticut 041619, as entered in NPPES) on the Connecticut Medical Examining Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Paula Cristina Zimbrean
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 041619 CT
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 184 Liberty St, New Haven, CT 06519
- Phone
- (203) 688-6266
- Enumerated
- Oct 14, 2005
- Record last updated
- Apr 7, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (203) 737-2221
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050906000836); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Paula Cristina Zimbrean in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersConnecticut Medical Examining Board
Search for license 041619Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
79% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
209 Medicare Part D claims for 19 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Escitalopram Oxalate31 claims
- Buprenorphine-Naloxone17 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate17 claims
- Desvenlafaxine Succinate Er14 claims
- Zolpidem Tartrate13 claims
- Trazodone Hcl12 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 73.6 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $9,250.00
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was consulting fee; the largest payer was Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Paula Cristina Zimbrean among 1,174 psychiatry physician records in Connecticut
Paula Cristina Zimbrean, MD is one of 1,174 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Connecticut. 70% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 95% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 70% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2003 among the 503 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a Connecticut practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
285 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in New Haven
They are 285 of the 9,793 NPPES records with a practice address in New Haven, and 1,174 psychiatry physician records in Connecticut.
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Common questions
What is Paula Cristina Zimbrean, MD's NPI number?
Paula Cristina Zimbrean, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477542249, issued on Oct 14, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Paula Cristina Zimbrean, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 184 Liberty St, New Haven, CT, 06519. Phone: (203) 688-6266. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Paula Cristina Zimbrean, MD's license?
NPPES lists Connecticut license number 041619, as entered by the provider. Search the Connecticut Medical Examining Board at https://www.elicense.ct.gov/Lookup/LicenseLookup.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Paula Cristina Zimbrean, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Paula Cristina Zimbrean, MD had 209 Medicare Part D claims for 19 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Paula Cristina Zimbrean, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 73.6 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.